BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (WBMA) — Children’s of Alabama, in partnership with the University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB) Division of Transplantation, announced it successfully performed a rare split-liver transplantation.
The hospital said this marks the first time in nearly a decade that this life-saving technique has been used within the Children’s and UAB collaboration.
The hospital said the split-liver transplantation allows a single deceased-donor liver to be divided and transplanted into two recipients at separate hospitals. This approach is particularly beneficial for pediatric patients who rely on Children’s nationally recognized liver transplant program…